Introduction: Designing Interiors -- Prehistory to Early Civilizations -- Classical Civilizations: Greece and Rome -- Early Christian, Byzantine, and Romanesque -- Islamic and Asian Traditions -- The Later Middle Ages -- The Renaissance in Italy -- Baroque and Rococo in Italy and Northern Europe -- Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo in France and Spain -- Renaissance to Georgian in the Low Countries and England -- Colonial and Federal America -- The Regency, Greek Revival, and the Industrial Revolution -- The Victorian Era -- The Aesthetic Movements -- Eclecticism and a New World -- Art Nouveau and the Viennese Secession -- The Emergence of Modernism -- Modernism -- Art Deco -- Modernist Design in Europe -- Modernist Design in the United States -- The Post-War World 1945-80 -- Postmodernism -- Computers, Conservation, and Moral Concerns.
Summary:
"Interior design describes the process by which an interior space is made into an effective setting for whatever range of human activities are to take place there. Much like the history of art, the history of interior design encompasses numerous styles, movements, and the influence of international, political, and social developments. A basic understanding of this history is important to students taking survey courses, professional designers looking to the past for inspiration, and for those interested in antiques, furniture design, and the general evolution of the spaces where we work and live"-- Provided by publisher.
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